The Screaming Pope
Rants and reactions to contemporary politics, art and culture.
Friday, March 31, 2023
The Believer
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A cynic is someone who questions and is challenged when it comes to belief. God is not the only thing that may elude those who are lacking i...
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Obnunctious
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Johann Mendel The cross-pollination of a peach and a tangerine is a nectarine, but what about obnoxious and unctuous two unlikely bedfellows...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Our Father
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George Washington was the father of the country. Donald Trump, the 45 th president, is the father of Ivanka, Baron, Eric, Donald Trump Jr....
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Flight Attendance
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H. G. Wells wrote The Time Machine in 1895. It’s one of the Ur works of science fiction. Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land ...
Monday, March 27, 2023
Achilles Heel
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The end of life is like the famous race between Achilles and the tortoise. Zeno, who coined the famous paradox, was an Eleatic (Zeno of Elea...
Friday, March 24, 2023
Enough Pants to Last For the Rest of Your Life
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Gap (skinny style jeans) Have you ever bought a pair of jeans and asked yourself, will this be my last? Over the years you've bought jea...
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Marriage of the Minds
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Rachel Aviv (Frypie) Rachel Aviv’s “Marriage of the Minds” (The New Yorker, 3/13/23) is an extraordinary and unusual piece. In a way it rea...
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